Variation in Silene dioica (L.) Clairv.: numerical analysis of populations from Scotland
Prentice, Honor C LU
(1980)
In Watsonia
13.
p.11-26
- Abstract
- Numerical analyses (multidimensional scaling and Bk non-hierarchic cluster analysis) of wild populations of Silene dioica (L.) CIairv. from Scotland showed a complex pattern of variation, related partly to habitat and partly to geographic location. Subsets of characters- flower/capsule, seed, and vegetative characters- showed discordance, i.e. imperfectly correlated patterns of variation.
Material from Shetland, v.c. 112, has previously been treated as a variety (Melandryum dioicum Schinz & Thellung var. zetlandicum Compton) and, later, as a subspecies (Melandrium dioicum (L. emend .) Coss. & Germ. subsp. zetlandicum (Compton) Baker), but few individuals from Shetland possess all the character-states that define these taxa.... (More) - Numerical analyses (multidimensional scaling and Bk non-hierarchic cluster analysis) of wild populations of Silene dioica (L.) CIairv. from Scotland showed a complex pattern of variation, related partly to habitat and partly to geographic location. Subsets of characters- flower/capsule, seed, and vegetative characters- showed discordance, i.e. imperfectly correlated patterns of variation.
Material from Shetland, v.c. 112, has previously been treated as a variety (Melandryum dioicum Schinz & Thellung var. zetlandicum Compton) and, later, as a subspecies (Melandrium dioicum (L. emend .) Coss. & Germ. subsp. zetlandicum (Compton) Baker), but few individuals from Shetland possess all the character-states that define these taxa. Analyses based on 47 morphological characters from 29 populations showed that Shetland populations
form a separate group. The differences between these and many mainland populations were, however, found to be marginal and some mainland populations (especially from sea-cliffs and woodlands) are more distinctive. (Less)
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abstract = {{Numerical analyses (multidimensional scaling and Bk non-hierarchic cluster analysis) of wild populations of Silene dioica (L.) CIairv. from Scotland showed a complex pattern of variation, related partly to habitat and partly to geographic location. Subsets of characters- flower/capsule, seed, and vegetative characters- showed discordance, i.e. imperfectly correlated patterns of variation.<br/>Material from Shetland, v.c. 112, has previously been treated as a variety (Melandryum dioicum Schinz & Thellung var. zetlandicum Compton) and, later, as a subspecies (Melandrium dioicum (L. emend .) Coss. & Germ. subsp. zetlandicum (Compton) Baker), but few individuals from Shetland possess all the character-states that define these taxa. Analyses based on 47 morphological characters from 29 populations showed that Shetland populations<br/>form a separate group. The differences between these and many mainland populations were, however, found to be marginal and some mainland populations (especially from sea-cliffs and woodlands) are more distinctive.}},
author = {{Prentice, Honor C}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{11--26}},
series = {{Watsonia}},
title = {{Variation in Silene dioica (L.) Clairv.: numerical analysis of populations from Scotland}},
volume = {{13}},
year = {{1980}},
}